I saw today in various spots online that Steve Gerber had died.
I don't necessarily remember the writers of most of the comics I read in the 70s--maybe the artists, rarely the writers--but I remember Steve Gerber. His stuff was different, not that I didn't like the stuff that wasn't different, but different is memorable, particularly when it's also good, which he was. I only read an occasional issue of Howard the Duck, but I read quite a bit of his Defenders run and it was wonderful. I think that anyone who read much Marvel in the 70s probably had some of their tastes and expectations shaped by Mr. Gerber, and I certainly count myself among them.
I don't think I've read anything by him in years, but I'm sorry to know that he is gone.
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